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THE BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT. LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD FALL ALIKE UPON THE RICH AND THE POORJACKSON.
VOL. 1,
PLYMOUTH, IND. JULY 3, 1856.
NO. 34.
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THE MARSHALL DEMOCRAT,
PUBLISHED EVLRT THURSDAY M ORT '0, BY
t. Mcdonald, and h. b. eicxso::.
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It d-.-Ptved until the end of tho vcir,.
advertising-
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1 Column si x months,
1 Column one year,.
Yearlv advertisers have tlie privilege of one
ch.uiire free of charge.
I)c iltmotrat Mh (Dffitr!
Our Job Department is now supplied with an ex
tensive ami well scdc-cti-d assortment of new styles
plain ?nd fancy
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Which enables us to exec
reasonable term-, nil kind
tal
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cute, mi hort lioiioe an 1 ;
ds et i ..mi and Oraamen-,
JOB PRINTING!
NEAT, FAST AND CHEAP;
SUCH A3
CIRCULARS,
HANDBILLS,
LABELS,
CATALOGUE,
PAMMiurra,
EUSINKSS CARL'S,
BLANK DKKUS A
MORTÜAOES;
And in hort, Illank of every variety and descrip
tion. Call and sec specimen
lid SeC ''pecimcn
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.III IJALK, l H . J. 1L KtN, !
ri-. mouth, Ind.
OLYJIOU
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lj Dry Gi'rU and Groceries Jir.,t door cast oi j
l""'" ct'--;; V':'','"U''- ;
rRO()K & i: AXft PLAI.Liv IN. J'1.
I j Goods and Grocene, ferner M;cuipin and ;
I.a Porte streets,.
riyin..r.th, Ind. j
"pu.MKi;, DKALiilt ix7)!tY GOOij
. Groceries, mth corner 1 rta and ."Mich- j
igan street-, lhm.i.. i, . ?
TVT V1',1'111 &- C"'n lii:'lI'i:,M-IiN
J Drv G ls Groceries, Ih u-k m : .Mieii-;
iran street Plvin. .uh, li.d j
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KS. Dl'XHAM, MILLIXKR k .MANTUA
Maker, riymoinh, Ind.
B R O W X k BAXTER, DEALER ixl.-st in the welfire of hU country; nor can i party ut of sight; let us cease to care a j the Union shall be preserved? not some nuin "!1 'i-TP' "deitands i: :.s The subject of Slavciy I.;.,; be com-i il.., hands of a landed oagarehy. In Itu.v-j.-i,
Stoves, Tinware, &c .... .Piyiaouth. Ind. k. cvor contorapiate tho approach of a new ! pbich of snuff for the election u Fillnwr ; union, not some possible confederacy, alii-' nvl1 ;!S t!, J,',',deman or the j f .'-ball of party tie test of d-mag. -gucs. the Czar t-ems to b? ch. 1 v.l h the i 1 bo-
I".!' R FERS I II XG & Co., DEALER IX pre.-,id--itial term without interest and anx-! 1,1 us be philosophically indifferent wheth- lance, or league that sordid interest. r base1' ln"1 ,vve:vnt !ivi 'm1 ii" blastern Stat.-s, and of intriguing politicians, equally th liuess and raaj.--tv f tl? ma.. r f '. , it -L
JL Drnw and .Medicines,. . .rlvmouth, Ind. i1 . T . ,. - . I 1 , l l t - .,,,... ...
i-.'tv. The vast power and influence of the : er the J republicans put forward r i-mont, , fear migh.t possildy hereafter patch up. but ! a,,u l,"!"P"1,--s' V:Wnys l''n ui.ih.rm growth of over v part of the L- nion. It is man w-rid. And m i ranee, ih sitap.e
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äTTTJI. L. PIATT, MA NU I
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Cabinet Ware,
.1 'Ivmouth. lud.
SLUYTIi. i: FR NCIS, HolVK C RFU-
i r- Joiners, Piyin-.i;:'!. hi !. !
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ff ir. SMITH. JtVTICHOi' I I
W. SMITH. JtVTICHOF'l Hi: Pit ACIt.
J ? 3. Wct .;de .M:chig:n t.. Fiy:.io::t'i, n -.
ELLIOTT .v Co., MA XUI-'A 'TCR URS :F
,?ol,J.,!ri'l,f f"! i. .'ll'. .r 'lllll -L'L.
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OLLIXS .v XICIIOLS, JIAXUr ACTFR-
ers of S.ish A'c Ptvni ivh. In-1.
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XiUIX D. ARMSTRONG, IJ't.ACKSMITil, :
I s..!:t . of the Bei L-e, P.'vn -ih, Ind. '
, .p-y j-pxT BLACK-MiTH
Pr:nn;;h. Ind. i
VK. V.'.l KiGSJbL.tCl-ISMlTlL !
Pi month, Iihl,
FTWAItDS' HOTEL, BY W.C. EDWARDS, :
lid Pivia id:. Ind.
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4 C. CAPROX, ATTOR.NEA v ColjX-
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1IIAS. II. REEVE, ATTORNEY AT LAW
J .V Xot.u v Ptihlic, Plvin -juth, Ind.
TOR VCECORHIV ATToTTnUV VI'LWV '
J Ph in Müli, Ind. j
1 A. HUG US A'f'foltMtV AT LAW
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SA.ML. B. CORBALUA, NtiTARV PURLIC,!tjon nor any of the merely adventitious
PIjr.io.itl, Ind. . - - . , . '
D. ,!,!
OWX, GENERAL LAND AGENT
Pi i l'V.ith, Ind.
IIEO IEAION PIIVK'I X "s!T '
GEOX Jt Dnii.'. Piyne.nih', Ind. !
aUFUS UROWX, PHA'SK IAN .v SlTR-
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a .c;eon p vi.if.nth. ii.d. !
Uif.nth, Ind. j
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II IGG IN ROTH AM
AM, PIIA'SICIAX & SUR- -
Plymouth, Ind. j
AV. II EX X ET, PHYSICIANS SUR
GKON, l'lymouth, Ind.
KLIXGER & BRO. DEALERS IX Ll
etc, Piyn.on th,
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Int.
HE X R A' P I E R C E , DEALER IN CLO-1
tlciicr Ä: Fun.ishin-' Go.hI-. PJvniontli, Ind.
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A USTIN FULLER, .MANUFACTURER
x. And dealer in Flour rivraonth, Ind.
HENRY M. LOGAN k Co.. DEALERS IN
Lumber, ke Plymouth, In I.
"tTOSEPH POT-f ER, SADDLfTriÄRNTiSS
V Maker, Plymouth, Ind.
MERICAX IIOUSi:, G. P. CHERRY &
Son, Proprietor-! Plymouth, Ind.
BERBER ING AND HAIPvDYessTnG, BY
Alfred Billo- , Plymouth, Ind.
JE. WESTERVELT k Co., DEALERS IX
.Dry Goods A; Grocerie?, Plymouth, Ind.
"1 L E A E L A X D k HEW ETI. DEALERS
J in Dry GooIs, etc., Plymouth, Ind
flL CASE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Plymouth, InJ.
SALOO.vTlTYrEDWARDS,
Plvmouth, Ind.
DR. J. J. VIXALL, IIOMEOPATHIST,
Otliceovr -Palmer's store, Plymouth, Ind.
JHUME, HARNESS MAKER,
Plymouth, Ind.
JW ESTERVELT k Co., MAN UFA CTU-
rtT3 of Lurnlier, Plymouth, Ind.
M. R IT DD, MANUFACTURER OF
Boots and Shoes", Plymouth, Ind.
AC, STA LEY, MA X LTACTU R fTrA N D
dealer in Boots k Slioesi, Plymouth, Ind.
f V T IVERY STAPT.P. IiV RTL AS T1RUTTS.
Xe ! " JlJ Wasliinpton street, Pi; month, In I.
;-ir IA'ERY STABLE, BY Wm7 M. PATrER
. .IliSOX, Plrmouth, Ind.
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A WIFE WANTED.
Ye f iir on?.-? attend, I'vv r.n oftVr to m ike you
In Ilvm. n'ö s-j.t 1 -li
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: : a m 11 -.che'ior's lot;
' , IV. ui ke a st let-turn
.. :. sU'.t ion .vjul i not.
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IV liiv le: mo see IM uot li ivc a beauty,
I 'or the lc;iuiul women are :.$t to le vain;
Yet, with i sm il! share, I woul.l think it u duty,
To t-ike h(.r,be tluiiki'ul ani ne er complain.
t . e n, , . , ,,
ler form nniat be foo::, v. iiuoüt o.r tj C'.ii;i.uin i.,
And rubor above than belo.v mUMle size,
A soui'. thii) it i'iizz'.ed inv br tin to explain it,
Like elo-.uvnt l.m :u:iire must Üow from her t-rts.
Slie must be wellbretl, or Icanirol rt-fjM-et her,
Good naturedand modest, but not very coy;
Her mine well inform? J "tis the principal nectox
That ä.veeteus the cup of hymenial joy.
Her home she must love, ami domestic employ
ment, Have practical knowledge of housfhold affairs,
Ami make it a p.irt of her highest enjoyment
To soften niv troubles, and lighten mv cares.
Horace I would have it at least to bo twenty,
,k Q twentv-live at the most;
An;, thtf uft!i it evtrvwhvre ,,lciltVf
I hoie to rret one oi that numerous host.
Xot fortune I ak I have no predilections
IVr "litter or show,orthcjiornpoJ'liih life;
I wish to be bound by the cares of aflection,
And now I Lave drawn vou the sketch of a wife.
From Harpers Mairazine.
THE C0MITIA ARE AT HAND.
n lallll UlCMV IUOIUI.S lllJ JUJUJUU Will UtJ
convened at the polls, and a few short hours;
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m a dull November day, will determine j
Within a few months the people will be
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He for the next four years. The lofty and I
legitimate ambitions of some, the sordid
s of some, the sordid
others, the material ex-1
hones and fears of others, the material ex-
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isk-iic of thousands, w ill be determined
ly tlie result of those active hours.
With polities as such we can have nei-
tlcr ar 1)or p,. j0 ol10r organs of pub-
! f'i'iahm fard their name is l.ri,n) is
t o
1-ft the warfare of parties; but no Amcri-
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can citizen ever oisiranctuses inmseli, no j
tru3 American citizen ever loses Iiis inter-1
oftico of. Chief Magistrate, the serious con-i Reward, or McLane; whether the Demo-
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senu'-'nc. of the ' tripjf 'lo, must, on those I
occasions, eve" .:in.!i ' i;eon cmo:ins m
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in- oreisisoi an v. in :; n-T r.v:i.i t-
p-cuniaiT caji-s, or wrapi--' 1 i.i ; H'-flsh
i'ldhV-r nce that luxttrv : -- r
! ;vorj t;..s !;,-,V(.. , ;; ..... l.., a.,v 1
' thii" W t'- o'e.-t: A s hi .-".n..io-
Ul i-i'i;iirer mi .di. . - v-s bv
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the high.-sr pi ize i ihe great (h-mo-,
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era tic lottery. At all events the -popular
convocations ot lireece and Kme were i
.V;i.Ps idav fr.nimivl tn ntns; X.-vor Im- !
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f,re ha3 woli.! S0(. cUch formidable
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masses of civil combatants; so much tu-
Inu Mv disorder, so much organization
and systematic discipline; so much reck
less license of speech and press, so much
oravc discussion of the gravest topics; so j
much froth and foam, so much reason and j
logic; so many of all classes commingled j
tn AAnl.'..". lrlwlH.1 nill.ni. t!.li w.i. r
in a contest where neither birth nor posi-:
aids to fortune avail anything; and, what is;
most remarkable of all, never betöre has i
t,,e wor scon sdi frenzied violence du- j
ring a conflict, such tranquil submission j
after it.
The character of the mind of America ;
as peculiarly marked as are the great j
featurcs Gf il3 i,aturc. On the outside one j
would think it all extravagance and license. '
The whole cf tho Chuzzlewit race stand
aghast at its reckless demeanor. History
has no record of such unchecked freedom
of speech, and such extremes of avowe
. . .im
opinion, as are ma P-rs of daily ccurrenc
ed
pinion, as are ma P-rs oi üaily ccurrenco
here. On the .subj M't of temperance, of
women, of slavery, of marriage, the most
ultra, tho most uncompromising theories
are daily promulgated from press and pul
pit, from lecture-room and tribune, with a
vehemence that seems to threaten the safe
ty of the spheres. Men of sober judg
ment in all other relations of life, rave and
rant like mad fakirs and dervises. Wo
men of unimpeache! modesty and rejservc
enter the arena as boldly as if they were
trained to the gladiatorial flight. Rut du
ring all this time the great body of our peo
ple, grave, thoughtful, laborious, and per
severing, calmly, and w ithout disturbance,
move on in the pursuit of their various in
terests, uttc-ly leardless of those novel
ej
and interesting theories that threaten U
overrule tho laws of gravitation, and to un
ship the solar system itself
In politics how changeable are wo, and j
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yet how constant.: ho v. J:: i;t- a . i yet now ics oi tne iicnrys oi v lrgnna, me iiintons
serene? A hahd h-s'.o::'. can not out ! iboj f.f New York; ihe whole band of men sec
rapidity with which tin 1 e:-.n.-;H of out ; ond to r.one in pttio ism, but who dread-pditi-1
woiid clting.'C Kvery year p: ;ol enfok-h i-.t, moi man tlry f ated an
dtices a now crcp . f publi j set vi -e he-j aichy. Wiser counsels prevailed, but N.
toes, orators, statesmen, evervihin.r but ; Car.diiia and Rhode Island long held out
marturs. Our laws are like the leaves in
Vajlombiosa's vale. Every year we get
into well-dissembled convulsions on the
subject of finance or trade, of war or dis
union. As the inhabitant of the Dismal
Svramp says, 'he is raised on fever and
a .rue an in'er mi-tent sems tobe the nor
mal s'-i.o ef our constitution; we are al
ways i: die cold fit or the hot lit; but to
the fun J a men tal principles of Liberty and
Equality, to the great idea of Union, and
to ti e Cons i'utioii which secures that Un
ion, the American mind is "onstant a3 the
needle to the pole.
The European world; crammed full of
conservatives and conservatism, widi ar-
' mies for policemen, evetv o:her towa a ch-
S adel, and bristling all over, like the fretful
porcupine, with infernal implements of at-
tack and defense; the European world sway's
like a reed before the revolutionary blast.
It is hardlv elirht years since all the old
monarchies and empires tlireatcned, like
dissolving views, o melt away before our
eyes. France, the harletjuin of nations,
exhibits herself, every generation, in half
a dozen new liveries; and even England,
the "old f gv of the world, looks out with
alarm from her ancient feudal bulwarks on
the waves that are boa'ing agains. her ven
erable system.
All those countries have within them the
elements of self destruction deadly hos
tilities to their form of government, bloody
political hatreds, deep hereditary feuds,
furious religious enmities. But amidst the
j howling of this distant storm the American
innuni- in mis uiuililBIUIIII liiU .11IH'IU.,UI
world rides at single anchor, like a ship in
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quiet roadstead. Uur troubles are all on
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tions; our loud talking and fierce wrbiii" is
rather a matter of con versa: inal display
rather a matter of conversational display
and literary excitement than any real pas-
and literary excitement than any real ias -
sion; and this is the only cour.try of which,
jpcuhaps, it can with truth be" siid that the j
crime of treason is practically unknown, j
Let us, then, contemjdale the comirg
; elections in the light ofihis American sni,-:
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i t, and observe the securities wo have- that!
..-. i. n i . i. in nr.
v suan i ni out wis gaie, nue an us prou-
ecessors, in safety and honor. Let us put
cmts btingou: Pien-e, Duohan in, or Doug-
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t : u'-yo.m ..no aooic me
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"'i'r'" i" ' "ioi.ci lj u.c grea .
f t ur' ;h:i: s pleads itself before us; look
upwai-i o .he ..a;s and Strip'?, whitdi,
like the aaci-nt god T i minus, n ihe balmy
davs ; i It -nie, hue ih-vo, yo. t.-eded in
'i;' mao-h f e.ipirc; thi.ik -:dy of the be-
ii'
MO
.. sin ! w h''!: we live; i from the time of TVriclc's funeral tits-; ast room; suppose ihe Great -Charier con- j toil tlie granite hills of Xew Hampshire, ! Xot such is; our eoi.d:; :-:;. Our prlnci
- t . '.:. i - hiiih; ' ourse to the last Fourth of July, have ' signed 10 dust, burned to ashes, and Hung ! as by him who superintends the raising of pie of goteivment is the ir.le of the rr.'ij.T-
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.hat,
ük- fi. oti.i. gales, have us fi home us
along on a sun. mg sea. Jvi us look at. the
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nj-piiMciiiiig ei.-cuons not as aunercnis oi
HV liartv, but as Americans ill (he true
'" f word
VL, a,
at, then, am
are the great conservative,
preservative principles of the American
mind on which, wholly independent of par-
ty ties and party allegiance, reliance can be
placed? What are the sheet anchors of
the Republic?
AWtchyiiritt totuc Union. There is noth-
IVn .!.- oltl I ., t r.ttn n.-..-.!-. 1.-. ....If
more striking in our annals the uniform
and .steady growth of the feelin"- of the!
tt. . r.,.. . .
Uni
on. AVe of this age are apt to imag-
th.at in this, as in other things, as it
iue
now is so it always was, but a very little
study .f our history serves to dispel this
error. The first conviction of the irrcat
men of the Revolution, of the men before
the Revolution, of the members of the
Stamp Act Congress of 17C5, of tho Con-
gross of 1771, was the vital necessity of
the formation of a strict and intimate un
ion of the Colonies, but how slow and
painful a task was i to impress this truth
upon the minds of the pcpl- of the differ
ent sovereignties? how many local jealous
ies, how many petty ambitions was it nec
essary to extinguish to crush before tho
creation of tlie statesmen of the heroic ae
of the Republic could bo brought into ox- j known only by our States, and New A'ork ; foreign influence any 1-vss? Is England less! she subj-et; and u:if ortunnt-ly, the mis-, be to proclaim anarchy, and to oignnzc- in
istence? Slow and niggardly wore ihe and Pennsylvania wouhl sink their heads arrogant? Is France loss ambition? Is ' chi- f-maker, Party, has put her fing -rs in-! ''Uirciion.
first grants of power to the government of by the side of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, j mir own population more congious and to the pie, and, as she always doe, isifiam- The Ar.viicin p.-opi. a:.- babi.ua'oy le
ihe Union. The old confederation and so In such a contrast it displays, indeed, 1 harmonious? Are tlie elements of distuib- cd and aggrcvaied the discus: ion. Rut on Ügb'us; t ducat ion, insii:.ct. and on ic.ion
defective, that it is only amazing that it no very marvelous intclle-t, nor any won- j mice any less sei i , us? Those again aio one point wo suppose there is no serious teach them to h sdre cns:aniiy to lel'. r
was able successfully to prosecute the war deiful patriotism, to feel the full value of i the questions that present themselves to j diitercnee between ihe American people ; their conduct in pi i ate YXi to the standard
with England. It was months after defin
itive treaty of peace of 1783 arrived be
fore a quorum of Congress could be got to
gether to ratify it; and three years later the
Government had fiirly perished of atro
phy. The Constitution of 1C87 was framed,
but how fierce was the opposition of the
Anti-Federnlis s in the mvat States? Not
even the memory of tho dangers of the j
war, no even the immediate peril of intes-'
tine dissensions, could silenct th". jealous
e ,i i .-I. .i i,.
against the preference of their sister States
aud tho last article of the Federal Charter,
in no indirect terms, declares that its fra
mersonly felt themselves secure of the co
operation of nine out of the 'thirteen old'
States.
The war with England followed, and,
without attaching too much importance to
the odium whiehastened itself on the con
vention held at Hartford, it is very certain
that a large pcrtion of the most thinking:
and intelligent men of the Eastern States
were thoroughly alienated from tlie Feder-
al Government, and ready to take almost!
any action hostile to it that their sound
sense and natural shrewdness would have
deemed safe.
Twenty-five years ago a body of bold
and able men at the South were c-only ar-
rayed against the Union, resistance to its
laws was openly threatened by Sovereign
States, and the wh.de authority of the ster-
nest will by which the Government has ev-
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to sustain the Constitution and Laws f tlie
Confederacy.
owhow great the contrast! At no 'States, and of the legislative bodies by
time have clamors been more violent. At j which th?y are represented, render it a
no time have the subjects of controversy! hopeless task to think of amending it, un-
been more difficult or delicate. It is not
now a question of revenue or finance, of
oanK or tarni; it is one directly alb-cting
the very essenco of labor, the very exist -
once of capital, entering in'o social rcla -
tions, connected with the social organ iza-
tion itself, geographical in is nature, and
of all others the most calculated to excite by human beings, and came out of no IIo
an angry sectional contest. Nor is it wao-ed ' Mount or burning bush, fjjill it i the
in any calm, philosophical temper. Abuse
i answers abuse, nntl vi tune ration pbrioo
i ,,:lck vituperation.
"From Alp to Alp leaps the wild thunder.
j And vet. amidst all this elemental strife
"From Alp to Alp leap-, the wild thunder."
i And vet. amidst all this elemontrd tr,f
j who does not see calmly, immovable pir-
died upui his rock the Eagle of the Un-
ion? Who does n-t fed, when he soberly'
contemplalos the stale of the country, that
disunion U in fact impossible? Who d
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not perceive that ihe great mass of the A-
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ii--i ic;oi j)'oj)ie .orin, exjutn, ivit, and
I West, are fixed as fate in their resdvethat
Mf Union: the Union as it b, the Union
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such as we have made it. stretching from
ade it. stretehino- from ! iiö Uns;i.u.i.n tin- v. hol-Consiituiion; i geven .letUrs of which it is comp ted, stability why repi;bl; - drii' o i; u.-. n
Pacific, the terror of op-1 n',ll'u,o 0111 n c -',ns:!äu j witiiou: "finding yourself at the very instant ; archy, and why rep-ablb in i- turn is ig-
i .1 .1 .1
; me ivuaimc to tue i acme, me terror ot op-1
. . .1.-1 r .i - . ii m,
; jn e.o, u.3 njpc 01 111c woriu. xnis is
! the Union that the American people mean
' shall be maintained, preserved, ami perpet -
! tinted.
Do not le: the oynical reader fancy that
i we are going oü' into the staple texts which
j t riiied ihe (heme of popular or:i'ins.
j The de vo ions of the American to the Un -
; ion is i no means tlie exclusive result oi
i.
; pan lousiii or cutnusiam; u is in no small
! dorree the Conviction of Cdd blooded, oil-
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cul.iting, deliberate interest; the sentiment
i and fancy of the multiplication table; of
! that shrev.d guess of what is best for us,
j for which our worst enemies give us cred-
! it. The American, be he a banker of N.i
j York or a planter in Mobile, turning up uniting the tdmpiieky of virtue with the
the fertile s.ul of Iowa, or ploughing thoj'ib'm of experience? Where is the lire
j great waters of the Mississippi, sees and f I lamilton'.s genius;? Where is the en -
I CsAs I ll'l f ll. n-n 11' I . . . 1 . i. . 1. . ! , .1 . . ! 1.1 f( ft -ll Wl SfloiO . if l-'l-Olh il ? W ! .'il-.l 1
j fl'ds that ther
reis indhingsh.it is dear to
ou!d not dc-ay or i.erish
him ti at '
j wiih the disruption of the Union. The
J hum of the factory, the clang of the ma-
j chine-shop, would die away; the locomo -
j tivo would cease its noisy progress toward
tho setting sun; the paddles of the Califor- j But suppose the workmen here, suppose j Slave States the negro is l eid in bondage; 'or Lovites, v.oanag the Uiim rind Tinim
nia steamers would no longer revolve, and ! our call could bring tho spirits from the j in the Free States he is kept in tutelage. In ! mini, and emerging f: r.i tl e II. .'y f IIo
the Panama railroad would be lost in a jun-j vasty deep; suppose the pigmies of this age I some of the Free States lie is allowed to lies to pivel aim the will f an Almighty
glo of underbrush. Property Would sink j were replaced and supplanted by the giants ; vote without condition in others rc-t; but but un-een master AVe h; ve a w thteu
to nothing. Custom-houses would spring j f our chlor world. Can any man .doubt ' throughout, the non-slavohohling States. ' body of law subject to all the imperfec
up on every frontier, and every 'bush wo'd ! that if ih.e thing was to be done over again ; social lVcling. distinction of race and col-! tions of human afiair. aad a.'n.hii- e; i by
bo an officer.' Copyrights and patents ! now to-day that .he same reasons which j or, place an impassable ba.rit-r in his way. ' human beings, J.cirsof all the in.p ;;'. .-u-
wouhl be waste paper; intercourse tvould
be arrested; t.ade droop or die. All this"
is as true as that ihe radiant Sn ipes and
Stars would be a useless piece of bunting, 'anarchy would vir u.illy bring about; woul d
and that the very name of Amesica and A- suhs.an.ially iorce on us the compromises
raericans would be lost. AATo should be! of tl.c Constitution. Is the just f'.ar of
tho Union. The American would bo ai tho practical mind of tlie Amcriean people.; f,-om Maine to Texa?, from Carol iaa to Or-j of Christian duty; but th- -y are Po ckar
bloekhcad. a dunce, a hopeless idiot, far I They admit but of one answer. They re-; egon; and th.at is. that tho children f the headed, to little fanatics t o supped that
mor than a criminal, if ho did not at all
times, and on all occasions, feel and actuji-J
on the feeling that the Union is the very cs- j
sonceof his temporal bdng. his glory, and
and hii protection tho source of his wel-
fare; and main cause of his proud position, i
Dcchs el columen. j
If wc drag about under the good old '
ship to discover tho next best bower bv
which she lidos, we shall not be long in
finding it.
Devotion to the Constitution of the United
States. The Ametican i a very practical
animal. He does not trouble himself a
bout Lcs droites de V Homme, in tho ab
stract; he chios not insist that Lihcrtc, Hya
lite, Froternite, shall bo posted up over ev
ery police station; interfere with his free-
dom of action, show him a clas aspiring
to privilege, trample on the poorest of his
brethren, and you will soon ind that he !
has as keen a realizing sense of liberty,
equality, and fraternity as the wisest of
philosophers or the profoundest of theor
ists. The first love of Americans is the
Union, but they well know that ihUnion
can only be maintained by a faithful sup -
port of the Constitution as it stands. They
well know that, as there can be bat one
Union, so there can be but one Constitution;
and as it is, they are prepai cd and resolved
to support it. It is not with the Constitu
tion of the United States as with those
of the separate members of the confedera-
cy. The State Cons' .iiutious have no par -
j tieular sanctity, thev have bcn repeatediy
i changed, and will be so again. .Most of the
j Stites have had two Constitutions. Xewi
! York rejoices in its third. Xot .so with i
.11 . t t .-. ;
i 111 ouii3inu.n.'ii i me uiiu'u ciaios. , e
j all feel and perceive that the peculiar con-
ditioti of the country, the great number of!
: less, perhaps, in some plain and palpabl
, particular, which would arouse no local
iiosiinty and no sectional jealousy. We
j all acknowledge that the Constitution mus
j be supported as it is. or not at all.
Assume that it is dcf -ciive grant that
it is nt perfect concede that it was mad
! best Constitution we caa have; it is the
nilv Conii'iri--: v- r.tw h-ic Xo mnn
j dreams ihn: any her can be framed. The
t sunpe tju..-Mion -hat ;;e iv.md has to pass
j U1J"" if .v"u ba- this or none? Do
simpl- tiu.-Mioti that the iv.ind has to
! P'-" 's '' V-t hae this or none.' Do;
J"u Iv,,'','r ;',H '-rtn of g-.v.-rnm-iil. taken
,,,r b':i'v 1 r ,,,'-1 ' "c:i, ..r lor w.a-'. i
I),yu preier an.uii.y? I)., you
P,x'lvr lIi's di;t'.i .:,? '1 hi- i ... mui- .
V1' 'lus 5 ,:i P:'" ' ,r" 1 " p -f
j .
cotin.ry. it l- a narrow ls.ti ; it -e-;
' niiinu um l.Min.i:! .!t.,.i't. .., ....i.l:t.-., ,!
J i .......... v. t.v uuiii,i;ni:
,5,t0,lect to answer it. The rudest boa:-,
; :,:,d una5,,,,K",s ,v-"iU l' ;U! 1 abs Mui.-.
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i t .. . , . . .!..! ; .. .
j sujjoac ii;aL u.e &igii:i:uros were
obliterated from the compact of 1787.
' Suppose the halls at Washington were
j empty, Pennsylvania Avenue overgrown
I 'ith grass, tlie Wh.ite ILuse unroofyd, and
! catalpa and Judas tree growing in the
! lie broo.; Kedron (Oouso Creek will
1 'and for it) suppose the whole gigantic
. laoor oi reconstructing a government for
t
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j peopie, now giow u irom imce lo twenty
; three millions, was to be recomnvn I.mI ,Jp
i nov0 bovo. How would we accomplish
b? Where could we get the better Con -
j stitution from? Where is that race of he-
roes, nursed in a new-found world, formed
n- t0'ds and thetruUof the Revolution,
! largctl wisdom of Franklin? Where the whore, consequently, it is mainly used;
j godlike calmness of AYashing on? .Fchojami States where this species of labor,
sadly answer.! whore? AVo may, indeed, j from dilference of climate and production,
l'"h around in vain for those who are tocan llot be brou dit into active competition
! p'-rfcci the task which .he master hands of,
j Uk- Convention left incomjdete. i
' controlled the men of 1787 would equally
; control the generation of l?,uG; that the
, lread of ex'eri al .'anger and of internal
ceive but one ivtpmse.
A few gentlemen and gentlewomen
nually congrcgae toge'l or in Boston or j
New A'ork, and vigorously resolve thai thei
"Constitution isa covenant with Death and;
a compact with Hell" At first, these
d.-monstraLions somewhat shocked our
srnse of light; but we look upon these
pro esjs now ralher as a pleasing proof of j
'the tolerant spirit of our people. In no j
other country would the open promudga- j Wo take these two families of men as we So long as the inuiv. i Ii;. 1 cs.ccz l to ra
tion of doctrines and opinions, utterly re-j find them, and tho proposition we have ' main in tho society wheio he is placed b-j
vohing and disgusting to tho great body of laid down i. we suppose, as trao as that ! mus'. accept its burden;- w i;h ita ptotoctior.
ihe country, be permitted. the gontlo Hindoo will bo governed by the! He :i not obey what he iil r-f, .vad diso-
Tho devotion of tho American to tho haughty Briton until some stronger inva- j bey what be dislikes. He cai rot appeal
Constitution embraces it as whole. The der drives the cross of St. George from the j from the constituted authorities to his ovn
American ii too sensiblo notto understand shores of the Iudiau Ocean. Not till the j conscience. AA'hen the oatc prceenU itself
that if the instrument is to bo ctipporte! it
must be as a unit that no one can claim j any thing suffice to alter the inevitable des
the protection which it gives and at the j tiny which makes the stronger race govern,
same time decline the duties which it im-j and which, al igns to the weaker a depend
poses. Tlie man of the North cm not ! ent pos'iiiou.
obey such part of the instrument as suits; What that poiv.ion i, or ought to l?
him, and disregard the clause of the com-i in legard to the white and black races on
pact that offends him. This doctrine would j our continent, has been much wrangled
I not answer any better South, East, or
j West.
If it were admitted that the Constituti-jn
contained great palpable defects, stiil the
i duly and interest to support it, so long as
j it continued, would bo no less clear. If,
from any idea cf expediency, of miscalled
moral duty, of misunderstood necessity,
the American people could be seduced in-
i to an open disregard of the Consti uticn:
i no matter in what, clause?, how ";
j how trifling; the sanetky of the instrument
is gone, a-d with it all the protection that
it aifords. The pretext woulJ not io:; be
i
aiuing ii a ire? su inioii'i upon u;e com-j
pact. The same arguments that inav be j
urged to-day to induce us to disregard the!
clause stipulating for the surrender of fu -
gitives from labor, might be opposed to -
morrow to the clause which calls f.r the
delivery of fugiiives from justice; and the:
j next day the clause which guarantees the
i obligation of contracts would fill before
the same weapons. We have nothing t'1 Submis-ion to tlie !: ;:... ubl. le
do but to stand by the whole instrument, c'ared by tlie majo.hy in the Iv.-.al I rmc
! simply as it is. It can not be amended
it can not be remoulded. It cannot bedi-.?-jor permanence must have, s; !;.;:.,
legardcd in part any more than altogether. some principle of supn jr.ao.y, v. .i: - jo
lt is a soletnn covenant a covenant that'inands unliesitdUti'V Ioval v and s'.ih.i.i.---
' binds us as it bound our fathers that will
i him! i.tu cliiih-oM u i l.i.i'b i-: Tn i!
j language of the law, it is a covenant ran -
; ning with the land. I runs not only with,
j the land, but v,dth the jvople of the Ui.it.d
the land, but with tlie ivotde of lite United
j States; and not until the AuierL'.ni is deaf
to the vob e of honor and of dtt'y not, u:i-
til liig right hand has f ,rg..t its cunning.
and his hiewd brain its wit not tili; hen
will he be un.viili:ig to discharge the obli-
gallons oi the contract to which, ho o;-s
i -
jüs uignuy, nis ri -;y, r..: a i.i ; prosper-
it v.
! hardly afe to utter the word, to spell the rea-.n why there is no permano.ce and no
. ...... ... ... . .....
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: ooiuiik-o . 1 : 1 1 t o.e one or on. er senooi or
j ultra opinion; and yet there are certain
, i'-ias on the subject which are probably
j l'dd by nine-tenths of tho American peo-
; plo, of whatever das, condition, or local t-
ty ; by the man who cultivates with severe
cotton unoer the torrid sun of Alabama.
In fact, if they were not so generally and
extensively held, it would bo impossible.
I A '
i . , , . . .
j on any rational ground, to explain the a.-
! tachment of our oitizons for ll-.o f'nnaiim.
tion; for tlie ideas to wlrch we refer are
j substantially, however indirectly, incorpo-
; rated in that instrument.
fphe Constitution, is a union, or lea -ue,
! Lu-eon F. tnr .inil -;l ,Vo --.f-Jti --,
! js t0 Mv it is an aj-oemetit formed bv a
J compact between .States v.l. ere ne to labor
j js ,i;ddy profitable and productive, and
I 1 ' .1 ! -I
v-jui that of any white workmen, and where
jt Js n0 prj-ej i r sni.f,i af :or. Jn tV
i There is a great diiforeco of opinion be-!
i twecn the Fn o and Slave States as t the
general merits of Shivery; as a form of la-'
j bor; as t i:s cfiects upon the whites and i
! on the blacks; as to i;s extension; indus-'
! triallv and morally, thev are divided on the;
African race are inferior to our own ii,
an-'those dements which go to insure suo.vss
in tho groat contest?; of life; and that, prac-'
ti'cally, in some f.rm or other, so long as
tho stern, eager, energetic man ef An vlo-!
Saxon blood remains on this continent, soithoihv before which t iiv.vo rj inio:: id
j v
long tho children of a swarthier hue will be j individual com. ieiions mutt biw; and tl t.
kept in a :-ubordinate posi.'ion. Far be it system, that priiu ipb of authority i.. wrJ.
from us to enter into any ethnological dis-;
cusslon, or to debate the unity of the, race, i
laws of our nature are wholly changed will!
abctit by politicians, discussed by moral
ists; but, like all the great problems of our
planet, neither votes nor e!ecti )n, lectures,
nor sermons, will solve it. I: will be de
termined by the laws to which the Creator
has fcubjected U2, and whi-h it is our uc-
sire and du-y to believe, result, o:: ;h?
whole, in the happineSc cf his crcstures,
of whatever color, of whatever family of
man.
Ilr.pian p'-Vcr, v.-I rih.tly vciwr-d, i.ai
always duty for irs att ndant; r vA ;i.:t
co mpa! alive feebleness of the child cf Af
rican blood iznr-oüfis severe res rl obli -a-
i:or.s on tue u7iji:'ar.t race, is ;o p::;u a
propoc-ition to be overlook - d. lb v.- :h...s?
obligations ousht to bo di.rchjf ;:-- i. l ow
: this duty tiiould be met, vd.lcr .v ;i e
! jxorth or itie South, it is r.o: f.-r ua : -.:e 'o
I say. The examit.ati n woul i l-.-.j i:i:o
a discussion very wide cf our j.iii :
i ject. We again look r. be;: t to node: th-s T
gu.v,--:s of our jiosition.
' Every government - that pret-
' ion. Un !er the 1 ver g--
rnmen of Ih.i:;-.-J
rn had b-.-en tried
.vns f;und in th
il.T.p'.or. Half
:s wo:.! was law:
::-bv the el . f
1 1 r.-i 1-.i ! r-rT- , f t,,.
1 and failed, this prir.cip!
j .-acred character of :!
crcr, half g-:d, 1
" h crciir, half c:d, 1
( and i::.;:gh he :..ight
hii PrR;:oriu:i3 to-df-y, ,r th- i-.n of
: c:; '.ahir.e to-m- u w, t-U : u:.. . was
1 clothed with the same care i.y r.n i o--
; er. In Knland the ! 1 f-u ! tl :5e if lord
ar.d M-.rA n-w.l ir.acti-.-oV irrj-.-.. k.
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t . cü i or ne j ;.ui.i ;.e.. - .i ..- . i
ar.d igo:ous given, t rvu.sly in the
i t. ..... 1 i
1 ..oininn -i;mv cna-rea :r. u mjjiro. ic uia
no one principle yet- commands the
ance'of the r.etive and i:r' lii.-nt r plo of
that country. Legitimacy is going to its
crave; universal sutirn."- is still i i i s era-
' dh
ltv. Our loyalty is i tl e law, as txi,riss-
ing the popular will. We see ard f -1 that
! this u our'iily satetvand protection. Xo
, - . .
nercttitary attaciimenr, uc Jnstoru'al pres-
; ti nn.irmv. no A :!:. ifivex f-.r ih-.
whe-d of our system. Wc c-insult the voices
of the maioritv. and :.s thov decide, & is
ih
law. We are l.ot s-" stuj-i l as r."t to
know that majori. i-s er: d.at n.j ( uli,
if it is sometime. 7'v'. is f..n."-im-5 al-
" l'or Di(dt..!l but w ? know a::;: ko-o rnd
' 'd 'bat we have notl i;ig but tl c will .f
n;aoi?ty to apj . t and we su!-
1 Ö . I. . . i .-'O! nn . 1 . . ' . - ;.m.
' wit to it without rcsistrihcc or 1 i:a:ioj;.
The American is t prac.ic.d a r mo
: Sl0t to coin rehend tl a, in a p .'ideal
-f--nse, there can be i- "higher F.w" thru
U5,? i;w of the land. This g v.-i nv: : h
not a th.eooracy. Our rulers are r. poms
of our rar e. A:.d w av. nothing ebe. To
announ.-e in polhh :d m i t. ; . in -i ii gov
err. meat any law higher than the (V.:s;i. it-
tiou. and the str.tuu framed under it a
I tw to bo fashioned only by the zeal, the
capo ice, the whim of a- y i dual, would
any civil government ccr w-r r c.raM bo
cartied on upon th.e ptineiple ot tuljct.
mg its acts to the deci-i -: f each mar.V
conscience. Civil gov.-: nu? ft cjiiitviv an
orcrnnizod svilcir., .ind a ptiacir of .tj.
us, the will ed the e-oplo r.s p":ccd by
law
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